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On the Sleeve of the Visual: Race as Face Value (Interfaces: Studies in Visual Culture)
Alessandra Raengo
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Paperback. An investigation of race and the ontology of the visual Num Pages: 240 pages, 40 illus. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
In this landmark work of critical theory, black studies, and visual culture studies, Alessandra Raengo boldly reads race as a theory of the image. By placing emphasis on the surface of the visual as the repository of its meaning, race presents the most enduring ontological approach to what images are, how they feel, and what they mean. Having established her theoretical concerns, the author's eclectic readings of various artifacts of visual culture, fine arts, cinema, and rhetorical tropes provoke and destabilize readers' visual comfort zone, forcing them to recognize the unstated racial aspects of viewing and the foundational role of ... Read more
In this landmark work of critical theory, black studies, and visual culture studies, Alessandra Raengo boldly reads race as a theory of the image. By placing emphasis on the surface of the visual as the repository of its meaning, race presents the most enduring ontological approach to what images are, how they feel, and what they mean. Having established her theoretical concerns, the author's eclectic readings of various artifacts of visual culture, fine arts, cinema, and rhetorical tropes provoke and destabilize readers' visual comfort zone, forcing them to recognize the unstated racial aspects of viewing and the foundational role of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Dartmouth
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781584659747
SKU
V9781584659747
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99-15
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